The White Stripes (music group)

The most memorable televised music performance of 2014 occurred on Nov. 15, when self-described Compton's human sacrifice Kendrick Lamar stood on the Studio 8H stage of "Saturday Night Live" and performed his then-new single, "i." It had been more than two years since the rapper's Grammy-nominated breakout album, "Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City," had confirmed the arrival of an essential Los Angeles voice.

In the interim, he had thrilled the community with one of the great rhymed cameos ever put to tape, on Big Sean's "Control." Its couplets were so powerful that the words resonated beyond the usual fanboy channels, a kind of shot heard 'round the...

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One could easily assess the success of Justin Timberlake and Jay Z's mega-concert at the Rose Bowl on Sunday night by watching only the ushers and vendors walking the aisles.
Normally...